Balance, Design, Products, Technology
December 9, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Core 77 for their post on Ice Cube and his take on the Eameses. (Plus if you are stuck for gift ideas this holiday season check out Core 77′s gift guide)
2. DesignSponge shopping guides are always jam packed with great stuff. Check out their green gift guide for some holiday ideas.
3. Good Reads for their awesome book lists. They’ve got an excellent architecture section.
4. The Design Miami blog for a good wrap up of that wonderful event.
5. Huffington Post’s design coverage including this piece on a glass home in Japan.
6. Meghan Wilker of the Geek Girls Guide, gives a GTD-focused tour of her home office.
7. Microsoft’s Steve Clayton takes us on a tour of his workspace. Can you spot the white Eames Lounge Chair?
8. Designer Daily for their home office roundup. Lots of good inspiration here.
9. The Fox is Black for the beautiful desktop wallpaper series.
10, Museum of Modern Art’s wonderful online store has a great home office section.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
November 23, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Here are 10 great design stops to sustain you over the Thanksgiving break…enjoy!
1. New Yorker for Daniel Zalewski’s detailed portrait of architect Rem Koolhaus.
2. The Atlantic‘s regional modern series where they examine contemporary architecture and how it responds to place.
3. Listen to our very own Steve Frykholm on Debbie Millman’s Design Matters.
4. An excellent piece by Malcolm Gladwell on Steve Jobs and his real genius.
5. Peter Robb’s interview with Pritzker Prize winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt
6. Christopher Hawthorne’s thoughtful essay on the ground-breaking Case Study program
7. Take a break from reading and wander through photographer Todd Selby’s wonderfully rich visuals.
8. Beautiful Finnish home featured in the New York Times Homes and Garden section.
9. An interview with Bill Jersey, co-director of Eames: The Architect and the Painter
10. With the airing of the Eames documentary it feels like the right time to go back to the source and watch the Powers of 10 again.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
November 4, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Four – as in four-legged friends. It takes a lot to get me to linger on a pet’s site so this wonderfully designed doggy destination was a surprise. Check out their post on Kuntzel+Deygas who painted the Eames chair below.
2. Designer Alvin Aronson‘s site for this cool prototype of a perfectly white digital clock.
3. Design Milk for their post on this pencil holder from Giha Woo.
4. Swissmiss for her post on Instagram – an obsession I share. It’s a lithe little bit of social media perfect for capturing just about everything and now it looks like the pics can be accessed more easily, making it an even better work tool.
5. Cool Hunting for the story on all-natural cleaning porducts. Perfect for getting that desktop sparkling.
6. Wallpaper magazine for their lovely “Letter from Japan” architecture update. Below – House in Seya, Kanagawa, by Suppose Design Office.
7. Design Applause‘s coverage of Belkin’s green power strip.
8. Dwell’s excellent “Small Spaces” series (the house below is the most recent addition to the series).
9. A Brief Message for Hugh Graham’s short essay on design – “We have the opportunity and the responsibility to create a world where each object and experience is filled with value, where living with less but better is both joyful and meaningful.” We couldn’t agree more.
10. Field Notes new red notebooks. I use these little notebooks in the car and always have one on hand in my purse. Nicely designed, small and light weight.
Balance, Design, Products
August 26, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Hilde Andersen’s Pinterest board devoted to home workspaces.
2. Freshome for their post on 30 Scandinavian home offices (including this one complete with a black Eames Molded Plastic chair above).
3. Birch + Bird Vintage Home for their post on creating a shared workspace.
4. Simple Style is a Chinese online design magazine (click on translate to get it to English). I like their link and pic of Offcut Design’s office supplies.
5. Architizer for its post on the R.R. House in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It brings to mind the Eames House with the way it opens on one side to the site through a gridded glass facade (below).
6. Materialicious for the post on 10 interesting home offices. It’s always nice to see so many Herman Miller pieces!
7. Architectural Record for their coverage of Cooper Joseph Studio’s writer’s cottage in Ghent, New York (below).
8. Design Milk for the Dominus Plus iPhone Clock.
9. BB-Blog for their How to Work Better mural post (via Swissmiss).
10. And finally graphic designer and consummate blogger David Airey for his post on a new book, You Are the Map Maker, about creatives and their work habits.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
August 12, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. CondeElevator on Twitter. I know it’s shallow but these tweets makes me laugh. This person publishes comments they overhear in the Conde Nast elevator – mostly snippets from Vogue employees.
2. App.Itize.Us is a great spot to find new apps.I love the Crouwelclock by Dutch designer Wim Crouwel (below). Thanks to Lifework reader Marc for the tip.
3. Kitka for their post on designer David Ericcson. Great workspace.
4. Design Skool for their coverage of Estudio Manus (office below).
5. Better Living Through Design because they’ve got a great eye for interiors and homewares. I really like the desk set by Mateo Ilasco.
6. BKids for their tour of Nerissa Coco’s home and office (below).
7. It’s Nice That is a beautifully designed blog and curated on art and design (check out the cat scan!)
8. Found By James is a site that offers up objects discovered by global traveller “James”. These pocket pencils, which he found in London, are wonderful.
9. red.house for their interiors coverage including this Swedish apartment in Malmo (below).
10. Design Observer for their poetry posts. It’s so nice to come across contemporary poems in this context. Thoughtful addition to a great site.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
August 5, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
1. Phaidon’s Agenda lets the book publisher showcase their great nose for a design, architecture or art story. The stories here are not confined to the book’s they’ve published. It’s a smart way for the brand to get the word out about new books and at the same time feed our design appetite.
2. The Design Files for Lisa Madigan’s home and home office (below).
3. Houzz for it’s collection of home offices. Can you tell I’m looking for new spaces.
4. Wanken for the post on an incredible holiday house in Argentina – it would make the perfect backyard office.
5. Kinfolk is a gorgeously designed new online food magazine. Now I know what to have for lunch.
6. Design Sponge’s Sneak Peek because it’s nice to see the Eames Molded Plastic chair with dowel legs mixed with other pieces so beautifully.
7. De Vetpan Studio’s blog for its luscious photography and their review of a Wacom Bamboo iPad Stylus.
8. Fast Company’s story on a bamboo bike where the frame is grown in shape.
9. Brain Pickings for the Power of 10 Flipbook post.
Powers of Ten, Flipbook from Joe Marianek on Vimeo.
10. NPR’s 3-Minute Fiction for the perfect work break. Great stories that take 3 minutes to read.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
July 29, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Fast Company for Alissa Walker’s insightful piece on designing through a downturn.
2. Designspiration for its cool collection of home office images. A new image site that will only get better as it grows. A photo from the home office collection above features our Mirra chair and Airia desk.
3. Home Designing for a strong mix of interiors including home offices.
4. Designwire Daily for the post on the Ennis House (above). This gem in Los Angeles designed by Frank Lloyd Wright finally sold for $4.5 million. It was on the market for 2 years.
5. Remodelista for the best screened-in porch I’ve seen in a long time. The perfect semi-outdoor office?
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Balance, Design, Products, Technology
June 10, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week:
1. Fast Company for its the post on the garage converted into a sleek office space and their interview with Dieter Rams.
2. JTNimoy for his amazing programs – most recently he worked on Tron. But you’ve seen his design elsewhere, I promise. Check out his cool graffiti program here. Just heard Josh speak at a Creative Mornings hosted by Media Temple. Cool guy.
3. Chrome Experiments because we all need a break from our work now and then. I’m fascinated by the sketch program. Which one takes your fancy?
4. Workalicious for its standing desk post. More on standing desks from us in a few months. There’s definitely a buzz around this idea.
5. Ecosalon for their year in vintage post. Fascinating to see what came out in 1946.
6.. Obsessilicious for its mid-century aesthetic and obvious good taste!
7. Chairsmith because it’s nice to know someone else obsesses as much about chairs as we do.
8. Brain Pickings for the “100 Best Design Books of the Past 100 Years.” I love a brave list.
9. Moma Design Studio for the sites cool design as well as its amazing content (thank you swissmiss for the heads up on this one).
10. Not Cot for their post on an amazing office space in Moscow.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
January 21, 2011
By Cerentha Harris
Around the web this week:
1. Skitch is a clever little app that allows you to grab and share images easily. I’m always looking for smoother ways to work and this is particularly smooth!
2.The Cool Hunter for their collection of offices. Always looking, looking, looking for great work spaces.
3. Maya*Made for her office storage and organization ideas. I do love a bit of burlap.
4. Photographer Gabriela Herman for her portraits of bloggers at work.
5. Bneato for the organizing advice and the refiguring of her home office. Love the sites new look.
6. things i have seen for a bit of visual inspiration.
7. Interior design firm Wonderwall for their completely trippy water-inspired site. Check it out with the sound up and you’ll see what I mean.
8. The Mid-Century Modernist for their interesting take on my favorite designs.
9. Imagination Cubed for its awesome simple drawing capability. Because we all need a break every now and again.
10. Home tours on MarthaStewart.com for some surprisingly edgy spaces.
Balance, Design, Products, Technology
October 29, 2010
By Cerentha Harris
Where we’ve been this week…
1. Human Scribbles Step into the world of this New York architect and you’ll be thinking about sunflower seeds, cathedrals, Stephen Hawkings and goldfish and the death of Sony’s Walkman. Where to start: Each post is it’s own interesting little essay. Stop at a pic that grabs you and dive in.
2. Elle Decor I know we’ve mentioned Elle before but it is a great resource and they’ve just posted their excellent renovation issue. Where to start: I love this pale purple bedroom and there way they’ve incorporated a desk into the space.
3. The Well Appointed House This blog takes you deep into the land of decorating. Lots and lots of pretty. Where to start: A post on home office supplies.
4. Inside Out Blog An Australian interiors magazine with a lot of heart. They cover warm modern homes that you could easily imagine yourself living in. Where to start: Their work desk series. We’ve mentioned it once before but they’ve since added a bunch more work spaces.
5. Visual Notes Let’s end of a nice easy note (I’ve had a cold all week and eye candy is what I seem to be drawn to right now – not too much reading!) This is a blog from Berlin-based design student with a nice eye for clean-lined spaces, art and homewares. Where to start: Click on her home tours tag for a great collection of interiors. Lots of inspiration for the home office.